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Christian Clavier

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn May 6, 1952 (73 years)
Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.

After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) —he started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les Bronzés font du ski and Le Père Noël est une ordure.

His most notable success without the Splendid group, and by far his biggest hit to date, was in the 1993 film les Visiteurs, where he played a character known as Jacquouille la fripouille; the character's cry of "Okkkayyy!!" became a popular exclamation after the movie's success.

After les Visiteurs he was a certified star, participating in big-budget films like Astérix et Obélix contre César, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs. He also played several dramatic roles on television, including M. Thénardier in Les Misérables (2000 television version) and Napoléon in a biographical television film.

Clavier has played in notable duos with: Jean Reno in les Visiteurs (the Visitors) and the US remake, Just Visiting, L'Opération Corned-Beef and L'Enquête corse (The Corsican investigation). Gérard Depardieu in Astérix et Obélix (Asterix and Obelix) and Les anges gardiens. He also runs a production company, Ouille Production.

He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite on 13 June 1998, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2008.

He is a friend of former French président Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande's punitive tax policy, mirrored in his Astérix co-star Gérard Depardieu's self-imposed exile to Belgium.

Known For

  • Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
  • Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
  • Serial Bad Weddings
  • The Visitors
  • Just Visiting
  • The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
  • Empire of the Wolves
  • Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
  • Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
  • Napoleon
  • Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
  • The Corsican File
  • Serial Teachers
  • French Fried Vacation
  • With Open Arms
  • Guardian Angels
  • Gramps Is in the Resistance
  • Cocorico
  • Operation Corned Beef
  • French Fried Vacation 2
  • Do Not Disturb
  • Ibiza
  • Santa Claus Is a Stinker
  • The Visitors: Bastille Day

Filmography

2026
2026
Cocorico 2 · as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
2025
Kaamelott - Deuxième Volet · as Le Jurisconsulte
2025
Le million · as Hippolyte
2025
Le routard · as Karol Kowalski
2024
Jamais sans mon psy · as Olivier Béranger
2024
Cocorico · as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
2023
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan · as Robert Poutifard
2022
Irréductible · as Michel Gougnat, Syndicaliste
2021
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3 · as Claude Verneuil
2021
Les Tuche 4 · as Le Père Noël
2021
Kaamelott: First Installment · as Le Jurisconsulte
2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez · as Jean Boulin
2019
Meet the Malawas · as Julien Gosset-Grainville
2019
Ibiza · as Philippe
2019
Heavy Duty · as Foster
2019
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 · as Claude Verneuil
2018
2018
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures · as Comte De Champignac
2017
Momo · as Alain Prioux
2017
With Open Arms · as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
2017
If I Were a Boy · as Docteur Pace
2017
A Bag of Marbles · as Docteur Rosen
2016
The Visitors: Bastille Day · as Jacquouille La Fripouille/antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/edmond Jacquart
2015
Babysitting 2 · as Alain
2014
Do Not Disturb · as Michel Leproux
2014
Le grimoire d'Arkandias · as Agenor Arkandias
2014
Serial Bad Weddings · as Claude Verneuil
2013
Serial Teachers · as Cutiro / Tirocu
2011
2011
La cage aux folles · as Georges
2009
Le bourgeois gentilhomme · as Monsieur Jourdain
2009
Bitter Victory · as Vincent Cluzel
2008
2007
L'auberge rouge · as Pierre Martin
2007
The Price to Pay · as Jean-Pierre Ménard
2006
L'entente cordiale · as François De La Conche
2006
Kronprinz Rudolf (TV Series) · as Graf Taaffe
2006
2005
L'antidote · as Jacques-Alain Marty « Jam »
2004
Kaamelott (TV Series) · as Le Jurisconsulte
2004
The Corsican File · as Rémi François, Aka Jack Palmer
2004
Albert est méchant · as Patrick Lechat
2003
2002
Napoleon (TV Series) · as Napoléon Bonaparte
2002
2001
Just Visiting · as Andre
2000
Les Misérables (2000) (TV Series) · as Thénardier
1999
1998
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time · as Jacquouille La Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper Le Purineur / Jacouillet
1997
The Sun Sisters · as Un Spectateur
1995
Guardian Angels · as Père Hervé Tarain / La « Mauvaise Conscience »
1994
La vengeance d'une blonde · as Gérard Bréha
1993
Thirst for Gold · as Urbain Donnadieu
1993
The Visitors · as Jacquouille La Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
1991
1991
Operation Corned Beef · as Jean-Jacques Granianski, Le Pigeon Manipulé
1989
Mes meilleurs copains · as Jean-Michel Tuilier
1989
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête · as Le Petit Chef De La Ddass
1988
Palace (TV Series) · as Chef Briffaud
1986
1986
1985
Slices of Life · as L'ami Du Dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant Anti-Chien
1985
Santa Claus Is a Stinker · as Jean-Jacques Dit « Katia »
1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance · as Michel Taupin
1982
Santa Claus Is a Stinker · as Jean-Jacques Dit « Katia »
1982
1981
The Hippies · as Antoine Bonfils
1981
Clara and the Why Not · as Charles
1980
Rat Race · as Jérôme Osendron
1980
Cocktail Molotov · as Le Beatnick
1979
French Fried Vacation 2 · as Jérôme Tarayre, General Practitioner
1978
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears · as Man In The Couple With The 2cv
1978
French Fried Vacation · as Jérôme Tarayre, Bad General Practitioner
1978
Like a Turtle on Its Back · as Un Fêtard Dans La Voiture
1977
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine · as Le Conteur (voice)
1977
Tell Her That I Love Her · as François
1977
Spoiled Children · as Le Journaliste Télé
1977
Bonjour Amour · as L'ami Joueur De Cartes De Christian
1976
Now We've Seen It All! · as Comédien En Répétition (non Crédité)
1976
F... comme Fairbanks · as Le Serveur
1976
1975
Let Joy Reign Supreme · as The Servant Of The Inn
1975
The Restroom Robbery · as L'agent De Sécurité Homosexuel (uncredited)
1974
The Suspects · as Photographer
1973
The Year 01 · as A Debate Viewer

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